Abstract

Over the last few years of our constitutional democracy, traditional concepts have on many occasions acquired new legal meaning. That is true also of words and phrases used in insurance contracts. The decision in Bezuidenhout NO v ABSA Versekeringsmaatskappy Bpk (TPD 26 February 2008 (case no 40688/2000) unreported) further illustrates this ongoing process of reinterpretation.